Berlin Action Plan against Homophobia and Transphobia

Year/Week/Day of Sexual Diversity:
In this period, effective publicity measures could be realised (events, festivals, information
days at schools and youth facilities, competitions, etc.); these are supplementary
to such existing activities as the Day Against Homophobia.
Posters:
An advertising agency is to design emotionally expressive posters with a strong direct
appeal which can then be effectively displayed as publicity at city railway and subway
stations and, if appropriate, at other places as well.
Poster Competition:
A poster competition on "sexual diversity" with a public prize-giving ceremony is to be
launched for Berlin school pupils. The prize-winning posters could be displayed in the
city railway and subway stations. The pictures submitted could be used to produce publications
for multipliers and others interested, and also be used as teaching materials in
schools.
Writing Competition:
A creative writing competition on "sexual diversity" with a public prize-giving ceremony
is to be launched for Berlin school pupils. The stories submitted could be used to produce
publications for disseminators and others interested, and also be issued as teaching
materials in schools.
AH Resolution 9
Programme Title: Empowerment and Moral Courage
Berlin civil society actors are to be strengthened in their commitment to sexual diversity
– a measure also designed to play a part in supporting decisive intervention in cases of
LGBTI discrimination.
1. Awareness-raising Activities: Prevention
Producing multilingual information leaflets and online media
Training courses and information programmes in psychosocial professional groups,
focusing especially on the multiple discrimination faced by lesbians/transidentity
people.
Low threshold awareness-raising in the "intercultural gay community". Targeted
information and advice services and advertising of existing support and help services.
Educational campaigns are to be used to motivate injured parties or witnesses to
report incidents to the police and press charges. Only when more is known about
the estimated number of undetected cases will it be possible to react adequately to
the situation, e.g., by increased presence at locations noted for incidents.
To improve the reporting of cases and change negative attitudes towards people
with a migration background, there is a pressing need for "inward" communication
with different life-worlds and cultures.
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